According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups. | 94% |
| Fit, fasten, and assemble wood parts together to form patterns, models, or sections, using glue, nails, dowels, bolts, and screws. | 91% |
| Lay out patterns on wood stock and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products, based on blueprint specifications and sketches, and using marking and measuring devices. | 90% |
| Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools. | 88% |
| Divide patterns into sections according to shapes of castings to facilitate removal of patterns from molds. | 88% |
| Verify dimensions of completed patterns, using templates, straightedges, calipers, or protractors. | 88% |
| Correct patterns to compensate for defects in castings. | 87% |
| Set up, operate, and adjust a variety of woodworking machines such as bandsaws and lathes to cut and shape sections, parts, and patterns, according to specifications. | 86% |
| Finish completed products or models with shellac, lacquer, wax, or paint. | 83% |
| Estimate costs for patternmaking jobs. | 81% |
| Mark identifying information such as colors or codes on patterns, parts, and templates to indicate assembly methods. | 81% |
| Repair broken or damaged patterns. | 81% |
| Maintain pattern records for reference. | 81% |
| Glue fillets along interior angles of patterns. | 80% |
| Construct wooden models, templates, full scale mock-ups, jigs, or molds for shaping parts of products. | 79% |
| Compute dimensions, areas, volumes, and weights. | 78% |
| Select lumber to be used for patterns. | 76% |
| Collect and store patterns and lumber. | 69% |
| Inventory equipment and supplies, ordering parts and tools as necessary. | 67% |
| Issue patterns to designated machine operators. | 65% |
